AI Friends: A Design Framework for AI-Powered Creative Programming for Youth

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10412v1
• Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 17:48:32 GMT
• Title: AI Friends: A Design Framework for AI-Powered Creative Programming for Youth
• Authors: Stefania Druga and Amy J. Ko
• Abstract summary: We designed a 3 week series of programming activities with ten children, 7 to 12 years old, and nine parents. Using a creative self efficacy lens, we observe that families found it easier to generate game ideas when prompted with questions by AI Friend. Parents played a unique role in guiding children in more complex programming tasks when the AI Friend failed to help.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: What role can AI play in supporting and constraining creative coding by families? To investigate these questions, we built a Wizard of Oz platform to help families engage in creative coding in partnership with a researcher-operated AI Friend. We designed a 3 week series of programming activities with ten children, 7 to 12 years old, and nine parents. Using a creative self efficacy lens, we observe that families found it easier to generate game ideas when prompted with questions by AI Friend; parents played a unique role in guiding children in more complex programming tasks when the AI Friend failed to help, and children were more encouraged to write code for novel ideas using the AI friend help. These findings suggest that AI supported platforms should highlight unique family AI interactions focused on children's agency and creative self-efficacy.

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